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The Vaccines are on tour. In fact, they've been on tour for almost three years solidly, taking no more than a week off in-between dates. At the moment they're playing a string of dates with Mumford & Sons, existing solely from bus to stage. As the quartet explain in this insight into what life is like for a Vaccine on the road, it's an exhilarating yet mentally taxing experience: "I don't know if it's possible to stay sane while you're on the road," frontman Justin Young admits. "Sanity is something you reclaim when you're off tour. Hopefully."